From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2002-11-26T23:26:31+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array

Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@b13media.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:46, Martin DeMello wrote:
>> Rationale: Ruby arrays can be easily used as stacks and queues, but it's
>> distracting to have to stop and think about which end of the array
>> you're working with.
>> 
>> Proposed aliases:
>> 
>> top <- last
>> enqueue, append <- push
>> dequeue <- shift
>> head <- [0]
>> tail <- last
> 
> How about defining these in modules, so that they can be included into
> individual arrays or into the entire array class if needed.

They're not really new functionality, though, just aliases for existing
methods. And 'push' and 'pop' are already part of Array - it seems a bit
heavy conceptually to include a module just to 'alias top last'